Illuminated flower.



v Patentd Oct. 30, |900. W. A. CHURCH.

ILLUMINATED FLowEn.

(Application led Feb. 13, 1900.)

(No Model.)

.Illllllllll ATTORNEYS.

Nrrnn STATES PATENT Ormes.

WALTER A. CHURCH, OF PITTSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA.

vILLUMINATED FLOWER.

SPECIFICATION forming partof Letters Patent No. 660,842, dated October 30, 1900.

Application filed February 13 ,-1900I Serial No. 5,075. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WALTER A. CHURCH, a

citizen of the United States of America, resid.

ing at Pittsburg, in the county of Allegheny and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Illuminated Flowers, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in electrical illuminated flowers, and is particularly adapted for use for ornamental purposes,as well as to be worn upon the person in any manner desired.

One object of the invention is to construct an artificial flower having a miniature incandescent lamp embedded in the center thereof and connected t0 a source of electrical sup ply, having interposed between the supply and flower a cut-off or switch for forming an electrical circuit at any time desired.

A further object of the invention is to construct an artificial flower of this character which will be extremely simple in its construction, ornamental in appearance, strong, durable, novel in its use, and comparatively inexpensive to manufacture.

With the above and other objects in view the invention finally consists in the novel construction, combination, and arrangement of parts to be hereinafter more fully described, and specifically pointed out in the claim.

In describing the invention in detail refersectional view thereof. Fig. 4 is a top plan.

view thereof. Fig. 5 is a side view of the cut-out or switch; andFig. 6 is an end view thereof, showing the yoke for forming a circuit from the battery t0 the flower.

Referring to the drawings by reference-numerals, l indicates the lapel of a'c'oat, and 2 the ower, which is construrled of any suitable material and has centrally embedded therein a miniature incandescent lamp 3, connected by a positive wire 4 and a negative wire 5 to the battery 6. Interposed between the battery and the i'lower is a switch or cut-out, constructed of-arectangular pieceaof suitable insulating material 7, such as hard rubber or porcelain, or any other desirable substance, and is provided at each side with an elongated groove 8. Each end of the cut-out or switch has arranged therein a binding-post 9 l0,` connected at their lower ends to the positive wire ll. Thepost 10 upon its upper end has secured thereto aretractile contact-spring l2, having its free end brought into engagement with the post 9 by means of' the-yoke 13 operating upon the switch, as shown. The various positions of the contactspring l2 can be readily seen by Figs. 5 and 6 of the drawings. Of course it will be observed that when moving the yoke 13 in either direction it will break or form the circuit, as indicated in Figs. 6 and 5. The negative wire 5 passes underneath the cut-out or switch from the bottom and is wrapped to the positive wire at the head of the cut-out or switch, as at 14:. The positive wire will be seen in Fig. l of the drawings. The switch or cut-off is provided with suitable fastening means l5*such as, for example, whatwe may term a spring-hook. As shown in Fig. 2 of the drawings', the wire may be connected to the battery, as shown.

The operation for lighting my improved Aflower can, it is thought, be readily understood from the foregoing description, but I will state that if the yoke 13 is moved downupon the cut-out or switch it brings the spring l2 into engagement with the post ll, forming a circuit and illuminating the flower. When it is desired to cut out, all that is necessary l understood from the foregoing description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, as it will be noted that Various changes may be made in the details of construction Without departing from the general spirit of my invention.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

In a device of the character described, the combination with the portable battery, the artificiai iiower, and the incandescent lamp embedded in said ower; of the switch electrically connected to said battery and lamp, sliding means carried by said switch for forming and breaking the electrical circuit between the battery and lamp, and the fastening means connected t-o one side of the said switch for securing the same in position, as and for the purpose described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in the presence of two Witnesses.

WALTER A. CHURCH. Witnesses:

JOHN NoLAND, WILLIAM E. MINOR. 

